Hoarding: Buried Alive

In Merritt Island, Florida, Jerri, a wild and eccentric woman, was once known as the local neat-freak. But her eye for treasures has gotten the best of her over the years, forcing her to abandon her once-beautiful home after filling it to the brim. Now, her pregnant daughter Traci wants to clear the trash and move into her childhood home. But it is on the verge of being condemned, due to a toxic swimming pool, that's gone several years uncleaned.

Compulsive hoarder Kathleen of Beaux Arts Village, Washington discovers a horde of mice living in her kitchen numbering in the thousands. And for extreme hoarder Jaime's future son-in-law, spending the night in a hoarded Portsmouth, New Hampshire home might very well end a marriage before it even begins.

Extreme Hoarder Renee almost died when emergency workers responding to a 911 call in Encino, California were unable to get through her front door. With her home now declared unlivable by the authorities, Renee knows she needs to make a change.

Rick desperately tries to salvage his cluttered Whitehorse home that was nearly destroyed in a house fire. Just five years ago, Linda was homeless, and slept under a filthy San Ysidro, California overpass. If she can't get her house up to code in 60 days, they'll take it away and she'll be back on the streets.

Floyd grew up in a rural area, with an abusive father and a mother who looked the other way. His hoarding was triggered when his father had his childhood home and cattle ranch torn down, despite Floyd wanting to move back. The unsafe conditions in and around the Lava Hot Springs, Idaho trailer of the extreme hoarder have been brought to the attention of Child Protection Services. Now he must clear his hoard or risk losing his own three-year-old son, Charlie.

Retired US Marine, Donny, has been to jail twice because of the massive hoard in his waterfront Fishing Creek, Maryland home. With the county at his door, the clutter has put his freedom in jeopardy yet again. And while Joyce sees comfort in her doll collection, everyone else sees a creepy obsession that has overtaken her Stockton, California condo.

It takes most hoarders a years to fill a home with stuff. For 16-year-old, Haley, it can take less than a week to fill a bedroom in her Sterling, Illinois home. Her parents can only hope that a visit with an extreme hoarder who's lost it all will finally scare their daughter straight.

Once a professional ventriloquist, Donna's career has since turned into an obsession with hundreds of puppets in her Cutchogue, New York home and her life. For compulsive hoarder Harold, being a good father is difficult when your daughter isn't even allowed inside your Salt Lake City home.

 Larina is a single mother of 4 living in Churubusco, Indiana. Everything in her life was going well, until her abusive ex-boyfriend raped her and slit her throat in her own front yard. She survived, scarred by the brutal attack, and turned to hoarding. But when confronted with the challenge to let go of her clutter, Larina's compulsion threatens to win the battle.